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Biography

Weightman is a native of Eden Mills, Vermont. He received his
Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military
Academy at West Point, New York in 1973 and was commissioned as
a Lieutenant of Infantry and stationed at Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii, where he served in the 1st Battalion, 35th
Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. He was awarded a Doctorate of
Medicine degree from the University of Vermont College of
Medicine in 1982 and completed his Family Practice residency
training at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia.
He was then assigned to Keller Army Community Hospital at West
Point, New York, where he served as Chief, Department of Primary
Care and Community Medicine. In 1989, he became the 82nd Airborne Division Surgeon and served
with the All Americans during Operations Just Cause and Desert
Shield/Storm.

Subsequently, he served as Family Practice Residency Director at
Womack Army Medical Center before commanding the Medical Element,
Joint Task Force Bravo, Soto
Cano, Honduras. He then commanded the McDonald Army Community
Hospital, Fort
Eustis, Virginia and the 30th Medical Brigade in Heidelberg,
Germany. In July 1999, he became the Chief of the Medical Corps
Branch at United States Army Personnel Command, Alexandria,
Virginia. From May 2002 to October 2002, MG Weightman served as
Assistant Surgeon General for Force Projection and then he was the
Commanding General, 3rd Medical Command (Forward), and Coalition
Forces Land Component Command Surgeon for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He later served as Commanding General, 44th Medical Command/Corps Surgeon, XVIII
Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina. MG Weightman assumed command of the North
Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical
Center on August 25, 2006. He served as the Commander, U.S. Army
Medical Department Center and School and Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Texas from August 2004 until July 2006.
He commanded the Walter Reed Army Medical
Center in Washington, D.C. from 25 August 2006
until 1 March 2007 when he was relieved of command in the wake of
the Walter Reed
neglect scandal over conditions at the medical center. He took
command of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel
Command in November 2007.

Weightman is board certified by the American Board of Family
Practice and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Family
Physicians.

Weightman is married to the former Joan Peters from Youngstown,
Ohio. They have three children.

The Army announced it had relieved of command Maj. Gen.
Weightman, a physician who had headed the Walter Reed Army Medical
Center for only six months. In a brief announcement, the Army said
service leaders had "lost trust and confidence" in Weightman's
leadership abilities "to address needed solutions for soldier
outpatient care." It said the decision to fire him was made by
Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey.

"I endorse the decision by Secretary of the Army Fran Harvey to
relieve the Commander, Major General George W. Weightman of the
Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The care and welfare of our
wounded men and women in uniform demand the highest standard of
excellence and commitment that we can muster as a government. When
this standard is not met, I will insist on swift and direct
corrective action and, where appropriate, accountability up the
chain of command." -Defense Secretary Robert Gates.